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CBS News
21-04-2025
- Business
- CBS News
Furniture business in Plymouth braces for possible tariff impact
The president's tariffs to drive up the costs of everyday items, including what many people are sitting on right now — furniture. Vietnam is the world's number one furniture builder. Unless a deal gets done, a 46% tax on imports from there will take effect after a 90-day pause. It's news that the owners of Minnesofa in Plymouth, Minnesota, are keeping an eye on. The name and business are new. College athletes Max Bjorklund and Luke Schultz teamed up to flip furniture on Facebook Marketplace. "We started out of my Dad's garage in 2022 right after COVID," Bjorklund said. "We pretty much refurbished old couches, anything we could find at the time, fixed them up to the best of our ability, took pictures of them and hoped we could get some sales." Their business grew to a Plymouth store that sells new furniture made in Wisconsin and Vietnam. On Monday, the editor-in-chief of Furniture Today wrote, "tariffs took dead aim at some of the furniture industry's largest and most impactful source countries, and they could trigger the most extensive realignment of global sourcing in a generation." As for Minnesofa, Schultz said, "I would say uncertainty is where the consumer sentiment and markets are at right now." For now, they are seeing a surge in business, albeit the weather or looming tariffs. "We had a PR day. It's a personal record. We sold the most couches we ever had," Schultz said. They are savoring the moment and preparing for the next. "If they raise our costs, we probably will have to raise prices a little bit, but that is where we are striving to be that budget friendly store." Bjorklund said. Schultz added that their business might have a thinner margin. Minnesofa works closely with Ashley Furniture, and says they have no word right now of price changes.
Yahoo
07-03-2025
- Yahoo
Vigil held at car wash for first victim in Platte County crime spree
RIVERSIDE, Mo. — More than 100 people packed a Riverside car wash Thursday night to remember victims of a Platte County crime spree that started there a week ago. By the time officers killed the suspect the next morning, a woman and child were dead, another in the hospital. People coming to the spot where Katie Bjorklund was killed trying to make sense of it all when there seems to be no explanation. Bjorklund's mother arrived from Texas just today. 'She was one of a kind she was an innocent girl who loved to spend time with her dog,' she said. Kansas City Manager Brian Platt suspended after whistleblower lawsuit She immediately headed to the Riverside car wash where the 33-year-old was killed. 'I can't believe it, this is the last place she took a breath,' she continued. The vet tech was vacuuming out her car last Thursday night when authorities say George Manning shot and killed her, took her car and started a several-hour crime spree in Kansas and Missouri filled with fatal shootings, more carjackings and even a child abduction prompting an Amber Alert. 'I don't understand why it had to be her she didn't deserve it,' said Bjorklund. 'Katie was the type of person who could walk into any space and make it feel like home, her smile was infectious, her energy magnetic.' In that crowd that filled the area around the car wash vacuums, friends and family of Mercedes Ontiveros and her son 12-year-old Giuliani Calderon. The boy was killed at his home and his mom was critically wounded just moments after the fatal shooting at the carwash. 'Of course, we are going to come out and support as best as we can because they are victims just like we are and just show our love and support for this tragic thing that happened.' Two families, connected by tragedy who had never met before tonight, but know each other's pain. See the latest headlines in Kansas City and across Kansas, Missouri 'My heart goes out to them as well. There's no words to describe the pain that I'm going through and what they are going through and it's impacted a lot of people.' We are told Ontiveros is out of intensive care but remains in the hospital. They say they are doing their best to lift the spirits of the little girl and her sister who lost her brother and father, the shooter in this, and are just hoping mom will be able to come home soon. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
04-03-2025
- Yahoo
Candlelight vigil planned Thursday at car wash where crime spree started
RIVERSIDE, Mo. — Katie Bjorklund's family is planning a candlelight vigil Thursday night to remember the 33-year-old veterinary worker. She was simply vacuuming out her car at the NW Vivion Road car wash in Riverside when she was shot and killed. The Platte County Sheriff's Office said there was no known association between Bjorklund and . 'To me it seemed like she was vacuuming her car and he just needed a car to get away and she was a lonely female there and he just took it upon himself to kill her and take her car,' her aunt Tina Patrzykont said. 'She's just a sweetheart and didn't deserve at all what happened to her,' her aunt Kelly Wyrick -Statley said. Here are the Netflix arrivals, departures for October 2015 From there Manning would take her car to his 5 year old daughter's home, where he shot and killed her 12-old-brother Giuiliani Calderdon and also shot their mother, Mercedes Ontiveros, who remains in the hospital. 'That was not necessary at all, that poor baby,'Wyrick-Statley said. 'I just want to send prayers and love out to that family, because they did not deserve what happened to them just as much as Katie,' Patrzykont said. Calderon's family shared on a GoFundMe unfortunately it's the second time the family has lost someone from violent crime. Giuliani's father, Alfredo Calderon, was killed in the 2019 KCK bar shooting at Tequila KC. He and three others died. FOX4 has also confirmed a George C. Manning III with the same birthdate was previously charged in Jackson County with murder in 2008 and sentenced for 12 years for voluntary manslaughter. By 2019 he was out of jail and charged with alleged crimes in Wyandotte County. No motive has been given in either shooting last week. FOX4 spoke last week with another carjacking victim in the crime spree who survived after trying to prevent his truck from being taken. Man, woman charged in connection to shooting of Chillicothe teen Bjorklund's family says the 33-year-old veterinary worker had her dog with her. The dog was later found. They believe she would have turned over her car, but aren't sure Manning ever gave her a chance. 'She was loved and a senseless act of crime. Just keep your family close and tell them that you love them everyday, because nobody is guaranteed anything. Anything can change in a split second,' Patrzykont said. The candlelight vigil is planned for 7 p.m. Thursday. Bjorkland's family says anyone is welcome, but they also really want to invite the other family to be able to remember the 12 year old victim as well. He was a 7th grader at Walden Middle School. A friend of the boy's family . 'As of right now, we are still all in shock and taking it day by day… And Mercedes is recovering from her injuries. The family is doing the best as expected with the love and support from everyone.' Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
24-02-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Stingrays' Bjorklund Named Goaltender Of The Week
On Monday, South Carolina Stingrays goalie Garin Bjorklund was awarded the Warrior Hockey ECHL Goaltender of the Week for Feb. 17-23. Last week, Bjorklund went 2-0-0 with a 0.50 goals-against average, .980 save percentage and one shutout. The 22-year-old netminder made 22 saves in a 5-1 victory against the Greenville Swamp Rabbits Feb. 21, then stopped all 23 shots he faced in a 3-0 shutout of the Worcester Railers Feb. 23. Under contract with the NHL's Washington Capitals, Bjorklund is having a fine season with the Rays. He's 14-3-3 in 21 appearances and ranks second in the ECHL with a 2.00 GAA and fourth with a .928 SP. A native of Calgary, Alberta, Bjorklund has appeared in 49 ECHL games with South Carolina during his career, going 29-14-4 with two shutouts, a 2.76 GAA and .901 SP. Before turning pro, Bjorklund played with Medicine Hat of the Western Hockey League. Over 96 games, he posted a 40-48-4 record with three shutouts, a 3.50 GAA and .892 SP. The Stingrays are back in action Wednesday in Estero against the defending Kelly Cup Champion Florida Everblades at Hertz Arena. Puck drop is set for 7:30 Pm ET.
